The last seconds of Saturday’s Arizona State-Arizona game took some time to finish due to some drama on the field and benches.
With about 30 seconds left in the game and wildcats up 81-72, Arizona’s Caleb Love was tangled with BJ Freeman. The sun devil headbutted love.
Love and Freeman were thrown out, but as the dust continued to settle between both teams, ASU head coach Bobby Hurley ordered all the players on his bench to go to the dressing room.
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Bobby Hurley and Tommy Lloyd (Getty Images/Imag)
When Wildcats dripped out the last seconds, Hurley ordered his assistant coach to leave the bench, just left him on the bench and five Sun Devils on the field.
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Seconds before the usual handshake line, Hurley then waved by Arizona trainer Tommy Lloyd, and both troops entered their respective dressing room.
Hurley was asked about the test and said he had no choice but to send his players to the dressing room early after his opponents showed “No class.”
“If you look right near our bench, it was relentlessly scraped from a couple of the Arizona players who were not properly polished. Of course they will be happy to win but it was done without class, in my Meaning, ”Hurley said after the game.
“Words that were said back and forth led to the moment Freeman lost his cool Get them into the closet room so there would be no additional incident for the rest of the game and in the handshake line.
Arizona State Sun Devil’s head coach Bobby Hurley instructs his team to go to the dressing room before the end of a Big 12 Lord’s Basketball Camp against Arizona Wildcats at Desert Financial Arena 1 February 2025 in Tempe. (Cheryl Evans/The Republic/USA Today Network via Imag images)
Hurley then finished his press conference with a farewell shot, maybe on love.
“I get a vote for the All Conference, and I can tell you who won’t get a vote,” he said.
Lloyd called the trial “disappointing on all sides.”
“We will be a program that when hard things happen, we will answer with the class. I don’t know if we did or not, but just a tough moment in an emotional game. I got a lot of respect for Bobby and Arizona State, “Said Lloyd.
Wildcats improved to 15-6 on the season and 9-1 in the BIG 12 game, while Sun Devils is 12-9 overall and 3-7 against conference opponents.
Arizona State Sun Devil’s head coach Bobby Hurley removes his tie during a game against Arizona Wildcats February 1, 2025 at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz. (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The teams will meet in a fight 4 March.
